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- noun Plural form of
extraterrestrial .
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Examples
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Then I guess the war against green, eight-legged, laser-beam vision extraterrestrials is also going brilliantly, since the US has not faced a single attack from the ugly aliens.
Think Progress » Milestone: Americans Disapprove of Bush Terror Efforts 2005
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This is no hard-and-fast rule, but: Isn't that the phrase extraterrestrials always use--right before they blast the puny humans to kingdom come?
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On the one hand, the idea of extraterrestrials or interdimensional beings (or angels or deities, for that matter) having come to earth and brought the key elements of civilization and technology with them (whether making fire, irrigation, or velcro) faces a problem akin to that of intelligent design.
Indiana Jones and the Interdimensional Archaeologists James F. McGrath 2008
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On the one hand, the idea of extraterrestrials or interdimensional beings (or angels or deities, for that matter) having come to earth and brought the key elements of civilization and technology with them (whether making fire, irrigation, or velcro) faces a problem akin to that of intelligent design.
Archive 2008-12-01 James F. McGrath 2008
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"Police and Carabinieri were coming and going, and I also saw the 'extraterrestrials' - that would be the men in white overalls," 54-year-old Curatolo told the court with a smile, referring to forensic experts.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Rather in the latest installment, the source of enlightenment happens to be those entities with the bulbous heads and lanky limbs we have come to know as extraterrestrials whose crystalline skulls in this story can serve as powerful tools through which to augur the future, communicate with these beings, and to gain control of the world.
The Reality Check 2009
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Rather in the latest installment, the source of enlightenment happens to be those entities with the bulbous heads and lanky limbs we have come to know as extraterrestrials whose crystalline skulls in this story can serve as powerful tools through which to augur the future, communicate with these beings, and to gain control of the world.
The Reality Check 2009
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The mere fact that the "extraterrestrials'" posthypnotic commands to forget the experience can be overridden with such surprising ease suggests we're dealing with something other than extrasolar aliens.
Archive 2006-04-01 Mac 2006
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If so, encounters with "extraterrestrials" may help provide a working knowledge of how to modify and transfer consciousness -- abilities that seem remote to the current terrestrial state-of-the-art, but may prove invaluable in a future where telepresence and virtual reality are integral to communication.
Archive 2006-04-01 Mac 2006
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Suffice it to say that no physical evidence has been found to support the idea of extraterrestrials having contact with Earth’s ancient civilizations, and that the stories found in the Ramayana, etc., are no different in theological, allegorical terms, from the stories found in the Old Testament.
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